slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on under pressure into 3rd inside final furlong, never nearer
tracked leader, challenged 3f out, soon led, ridden over 1f out, ran on well
tracked leading trio, headway on outside over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
tracked leaders, ridden and not quicken 2f out, kept on into 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, never on terms
raced keenly in mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, soon weakened
went to post early, led, pushed along and joined 3f out, chased winner until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden chasing leaders 2f out, one pace in 6th and no impression inside final furlong
NonRunner
This trip may be on the short side nowadays for Fayez but MIKMAK has thrived over a mile since finishing third over 1m2f here last month. Softer going would have been ideal but he handles quicker conditions and should be thereabouts again, despite a 5lb rise in the weights. Ibraz has gone up 3lb since finishing second over 7f at Newmarket and Helovaplan is also running well at present. Alfred Richardson is another with decent claims but Raselasad is proving hard to place and Rousayan was engaged yesterday at Beverley. Irreverent looks best of the rest as the normally-consistent Ulshaw Bridge turned in a shocker last time at Redcar.
Fayez (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, led well inside final furlong, ran on, won at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jul beating Jazeel (8-11) by 1/2l, 16 ran.
Ibraz 9-2 (9-2) Dwelt and bumped start, soon tracking leader and keen, led over 1f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, soon headed and kept on, 2nd of 6, nk behind Qaysar (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Rousayan (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Outpaced in last pair, never on terms, 5th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Hells Babe (9-5) at Catterick 7f hcp (3) sft in Aug.
Alfred Richardson 20-1 (9-9) Mid-division, driven and headway 2f out, soon switched inside, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not quite reach leaders, 4th of 15, 2l behind Kylie Rules (9-1) at Thirsk 1m hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Ulshaw Bridge (IRE) 11-2 (9-11) Slowly into stride, held up, effort 2f out, hung right over 1f out, weakened after, last of 10, 6 1/2l behind Wahoo (9-8) at Redcar 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Mikmak 8-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Haydock 1m hcp (3) hvy in Aug beating Al Erayg (8-12) by nk, 13 ran.
Helovaplan (IRE) 20-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, nk behind Luis Vaz De Torres (9-4) at Beverley 7f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Irreverent 7-1 (9-1) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on, never pace to challenge, 8th of 15, 5 3/4l behind Kylie Rules (9-1) at Thirsk 1m hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Raselasad (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along on wide outside over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Hells Babe (9-5) at Catterick 7f hcp (3) sft in Aug.
